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I'd prefer to see the 3A teams grouped with the small schools rather than the large.

during the Olympics, each country is allowed only three players over the age of 23. Since World Cup qualifying is going on right now, he was a logical choice, as players like Donovan, Dempsey, etc are already busy. He doesn't really play for the full team anymore, but he's still a very talented and experienced player. I think he was a good choice.

extremely good news for the US is that in the other game of their group, Netherlands vs. Nigeria, was a scoreless draw. This means we're alone in first right now.

they played at 4 am this morning on msnbc. it looks like the next they play will be Sunday morning at 6:45 am. No word on the station it will be on.

The US squeaked out an extremely important win against Japan, but they were pretty fortunate to do so. The US had more control in the midfield, but Japan exploited them on the flanks. There were two soft fouls in the box, either one of which could've resulted in a PK for Japan, but neither was called. Japan also had many more chances in and around the box, and if they had been putting them on goal, Guzan could've been a world of hurt. Also, the last 30 minutes or so, every long ball sent towards the US' back third was won and flicked on by Japan, resulting in several chances. I won't say that the US was dominated, but Japan deserved at least a draw. POSITIVES: The US controlled the ball well in the midfield, and most of the game their pressure there resulted in many Japan turnovers. Wynn looked really good throughout the game, making several key plays. McBride drew a ton of fouls and controlled the air on long balls. Holden, Kliejstan, and Bradley all played very well. Jozy came in and made an immediate impact, being about 6 inches away on two seperate occasions from creating one-on-one chances. Edu played well most of the game, although he could've cost the US the game on two different borderline fouls in the box. They found a way to win! NEGATIVES: Orozco played poorly. He got burned down the flank the entire game, and when the ball came to his feet, he did not distribute well. Surely there are better options there, unless he really had an off-game. Adu might have been a little hampered by the ref, but he held the ball too long, often waiting until he had 2 or 3 defenders on him before he tried to get rid of the ball. Also, when the calls did not go his way, he took himself out of the game, and picked up a stupid yellow card to boot. The US was eaten up on the wings, especially on Orozco's side. Against a team with better forwards, they WILL concede goals off of crosses unless they shore things up. The US continues to struggle to create chances in the offensive third. They did finish their one great chance, but that was their only great chance, with the only other opportunities coming from shots well outside the box. The US needs to push up and win 50/50 long balls coming into their defensive third. Again, if they play a team with better forwards, this will be exploited. Your thoughts?

five games with the dodgers, five multi-hit games... 12/20 in these five games, with 3 HR's, 7 rbis, 6 runs. where was this in boston? Good thing i don't like him (or the red sox), or this might upset me.

2-8 or 3-7, depending on the outcome of the HJ game. Next season, probably 5-5 or 6-4, but it's still a little early. yes, there are a lot of returning starters, but they're returning from a very weak team. when WOS returns 8 players on each side of the ball, that's something to crow about.

Tropical Storm E-dud.

am i wrong, or have i heard somewhere that the eastern edge of a hurricane is the most volatile (it certainly looks like we might catch that part of the storm...)

well, if it does hit us, hopefully it doesn't get too big... i had a lot of fun going outside and playing during Humberto last year ;D

what are the odds of this thing hitting us head on?

it's safe to assume that the freshmen recruits have simply not been added to the roster yet. if nothing else, he'll easily be able to fill to roster with solid players from this area.

you have a coach coming in with a lot of club soccer connections... we should see some high quality recruits coming in from the dallas and atlanta areas... if not this season, then next. add that with the local talent we already have, and lamar should be a much more competitive team (if not this season, then certainly the next).

DALLAS -- The NCAA has accused Texas A&M-Corpus Christi of nine rules violations, including use of ineligible players, recruiting violations in men's basketball and lack of institutional control. The alleged violations, eight of them major, occurred mainly between 2004 and 2008 in men's basketball, women's volleyball and men's tennis. The NCAA's notice of allegations, obtained Saturday by The Associated Press, also accuses athletic director Brian Teter of not reporting to the NCAA his knowledge of two ineligible players and later submitting a false self-report regarding one of those players. Teter failed to conduct himself in accordance with the association's "high standards of honesty and sportsmanship," the notice said. The NCAA charged the athletic department with a lack of institutional control, saying the school failed to monitor the eligibility of student-athletes, properly train staff in NCAA rules, police itself for rules violations and accurately report any violations. The school has to respond to the allegations by Oct. 29 and is scheduled to appear before the NCAA infractions committee on Dec. 5 in Indianapolis. In a statement, school President Flavius Killebrew said he does not want the school or its athletic department, which started in 1998, to be tarnished by the allegations. "We take the issues presented to us by the NCAA very seriously," Killebrew said. "Our intercollegiate athletic program must be transparent beyond any reproach." The report singles out two former compliance directors and Teter for failing to report ineligible players once they learned of them or for failing to withhold them from competition. A volleyball player was improperly given a sixth year of eligibility and a men's tennis player was given a partial athletic scholarship when he had not qualified academically and was later allowed to compete even after officials knew he was ineligible, according to the NCAA. Teter did not immediately respond to an e-mail or a phone message left at his office by The Associated Press on Saturday. School spokesman Marshall Collins said Teter remains the athletic director and that Killebrew will ultimately decide his job status. The school received notice of the allegations Thursday, and the president has not decided a course of action, Collins said. "He hasn't had time himself to read to see if there's anything that should be done at this time," Collins said. The men's basketball program, led by former Miami coach Perry Clark, is also a target of the report. The NCAA alleges an assistant coach made at least 43 impermissible phone calls to four recruits. A separate allegation involves the program providing impermissible recruiting inducements to a possible transfer, including transportation to the border town of Laredo so the player could renew his immigration documentation. Included among the allegations is a secondary violation involving men's basketball, in which the NCAA said Teter told Clark to use personal funds for recruiting and not program funds. Clark did not immediately return a call to his office on Saturday.

Difficult pin placements and faster, drier greens flustered the field and only five golfers managed to shoot below par, including Fred Funk, whose 1-under 69 gave him the lead at the halfway point of the U.S. Senior Open. Funk's two-day score of 6-under 134 is two shots ahead of Eduardo Romero (69) and four ahead of Mark McNulty (70), Tom Kite (71) and John Cook (72). Stealing the show, however, was a black bear that ambled out of the mountains in the morning and crossed the 13th fairway before checking out spectators outside the ropes. Nobody was harmed, and neither was the bear. "(Jack) Nicklaus isn't here, so I guess that's a substitute," cracked Funk. Although tournament officials were prepared to tranquilize the animal and stop play were it to become aggressive or spooked, after several minutes the bear crawled through a drainage pipe on the ninth hole that leads to the West Course, then went through another drainage pipe and into the wilderness, leaving unnerved galleries and golfers behind. USGA spokesman Pete Kowalski said wildlife experts were called in and would be on the course throughout the rest of the tournament in case the bear or any chums decide to return for another look around. The course, carved into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, serves as host to all kinds of critters, including bobcats, coyotes, deer, mountain lions, red foxes, snakes and turkeys. But a bear? That was a new one even for these grizzled veterans, many of whom played with Nicklaus, the "Golden Bear" who menaced his share of golfers over the years. Funk said he heard tournament officials talking about possibly having to halt play "because it would be pretty scary if it got a little panicky and some spectator or some of the golfers were too close - that wouldn't have been an issue if a caddie had gotten too close." Aside from the bear, a few deer and red-tailed foxes were spotted Friday. "You don't get that every week," Cook said.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (August 1) - Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard was arrested in his hometown after police said he was drag racing at nearly 40 mph above the posted speed. He is charged with going 94 mph in a 55 mph zone, careless and reckless driving, and speed competition. He has been released from the Forsyth County jail on a written promise to appear in court Sept. 23. Police said an officer saw a black Lexus and a silver Volkswagen speeding along U.S. 421 in Winston-Salem late Thursday night. The officer stopped the Lexus, and Howard was identified as the driver. Authorities didn't identify the other driver. Howard played in high school in nearby Kernersville and was a standout at Wake Forest. On January 12, 2000, Bobby Phills of the Charlotte Hornets was killed in a similar incident. Phills was traveling behind teammate David Wesley at more than 75 mph when his Porsche spun and crossed into oncoming traffic. It hit another car, which in turn was struck in the rear by a minivan. Phills was pronounced dead at the scene. The drivers of the other two vehicles recovered.

They scored 3 in the bottom of the 9th to beat the jays tonight, and they're only 5 games back right now in the wild card chase. of course, they won't make it, but it sure is nice to be 110 games into the season and have the rangers both A) in a race of some kind and 4 games over .500. They've got one heck of an offense these days, and if they can find a quality starter or two, and maybe a solid closer, they might actually make some real noise next season.

all four of lumberton's losses? ;D

when i was about 10 years old we had a black panther come up to our house and bed down in some high grass under our kitchen window (I lived in meeker at the time). they're definitely around, although they're pretty elusive, as that's the only one i've seen, and i've been around SETX for about 20 years now.

i'm all about hunting deer with a castnet. what's wrong with you guys!!!

how do you punish someone who doesn't care about anything? sit him on the bench? he'll enjoy the break. complain to the media? he's the master of that. the sox may suffer a bit offensively from his loss, but i doubt many of his teammates will be sad to see him go. his poor attitude and work ethic will not be missed. his replacement is a very good player, so the dropoff might be less noticeable than many people think.

i personally couldn't care less. at least the dodgers don't get any facetime, so maybe i won't hear about him as much once the trade talk dies down.

Manny Ramirez's stormy relationship with the Boston Red Sox appears to be over. A baseball source has confirmed Ramirez has been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, ESPN.com has learned. Jason Bay is going to Boston as part of the deal, ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reported. And the Pittsburgh Pirates get four minor leaguers as part of the three-way deal. Third baseman Andy LaRoche and right-handed pitcher Bryan Morris will go to the Pirates from the Dodgers. Outfielder Brandon Moss and right-handed pitcher Craig Hansen will leave the Red Sox orgianization for Pittsburgh, ESPN.com has learned.

he approved it. now the commissioner's office has to approve it because there is money involved with the trade.

The New York Yankees have found a replacement for Jorge Posada. New York acquired catcher Ivan Rodriguez from the Tigers on Wednesday for right-handed pitcher Kyle Farnsworth. Yanks Need Pudge Power To date, the Yankees have used four different catchers for at least one game this season. The offensive results have hardly been impressive and New York must hope that Wednesday's trade for Pudge Rodriguez will add more punch to the catcher position. Here's a look at how Pudge fared this season compared to the Yanks' other catchers. The deal was first reported by ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. "Honestly, I was shocked by this, but that's baseball," Rodriguez said. "Now, I'm just looking forward to playing for the Yankees and maybe I will play against Detroit again in the playoffs." After New York's 13-3 rout of the Orioles on Wednesday, Yankees manager Joe Girardi expressed his satisfaction with the deal. "He's hitting over .290 I believe and he's been hot so we're looking forward to having him," he said. Rodriguez, who is in the final year of the contract he signed with the Tigers in 2004 that will ultimately pay him $50 million, waived his no-trade clause to join the Yankees. "Pudge has always wanted to play in New York and Detroit felt it needed a relief pitcher, so both sides were able to get what they wanted to some degree," Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras told The Associated Press. Rodriguez is batting .295 this season with five home runs and 32 RBIs in 82 games. In 18 seasons with the Rangers, Marlins and Tigers, he's hit .302 with 293 homers and 1,214 RBIs. "It's going to be very exciting. They are in the race and I'm ready to do my job," Rodriguez said.